HDS ViewStation System Administrator's Guide

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ViewStation Console Window Operation

This page discusses the ViewStation's Console Window and its uses.

ViewStation Console Shell Window
The ViewStation has a local client window, called the Console Window, which uses an HDSterm window as its display. The Console window may be displayed locally or remotely, as described below.

The Console Window has two basic functions:
Executing commands on the ViewStation (like loading a file into FlashPROM). The easiest way to become familiar with the Console Window is to bring it up (click on its button on the Main Menu of Setup Mode) and look at its commands. The commands available from the Console window are displayed by typing "h" or "help" in the Console window. This is discussed in more detail on another page.

Displaying data or messages about the current ViewStation status. The diagnostic and error messages are displayed automatically to track events on the ViewStation. The level of error messages (and their destination) can be changed by modifying your syslog.conf file. This is discussed in greater detail on another page.

The contents of this diagnostic screen, and the commands supported, are specific to different firmware releases. Your screen may be slightly different. Console Window commands are added with each software release. You can get a full listing of available commands with the "list" command.

Access to the Console Window
This page describes three ways to get into a Console Window on the ViewStation.

Console Window Commands
This page lists the commands available in the Console Window and their uses.

Console Window Messages
This page discusses the Console Window's error reporting.

Printing from a Console Window
This page describes techniques of printing from the Console Window.

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